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Based on ethnographic studies conducted in several African
countries, this volume analyses the phenomenon of deliverance -
which is promoted both in charismatic churches and in Islam as a
weapon against witchcraft - in order to clarify the political
dimensions of spiritual warfare in contemporary African societies.
Deliverance from evil is part and parcel of the contemporary
discourse on the struggle against witchcraft in most African
contexts. However, contributors show how its importance extends
beyond this, highlighting a pluralism of approaches to deliverance
in geographically distant religious movements, which coexist in
Africa. Against this background, the book reflects on the
responsibilities of Pentecostal deliverance politics within the
condition of 'epistemic anxiety' of contemporary African societies
- to shed light on complex relational dimensions in which
individual deliverance is part of a wider social and spiritual
struggle. Spanning across the study of religion, healing and
politics, this book contributes to ongoing debates about witchcraft
and deliverance in Africa.
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